夫婦

Noun

 * 1)  husband and wife; married couple

Noun

 * 1) husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair

Usage notes
Kanji that are used in this term mean husband and wife. In referring to same-sex married couple, it is occasionally written in hiragana.

Idioms

 * : literally "couple of ducks", loving couple, couple of lovebirds, happily married couple
 * : literally "assume airs of a married couple", behaving as if they were a married couple
 * : literally "tie the bonds of husband and wife", get married
 * : literally "split the relationship of husband and wife", bring about marital separation

Noun

 * 1) wife and husband

Etymology 3
Sound change from めおと.

Noun

 * 1) married woman and man, wife and husband